Paula Fox
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Paula Fox (born April 22, 1923) is an American author of several children's books and adult memoirs. In 1978, she was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in recognition of the quality of her work.
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[edit] Childhood
Fox is the daughter of screenwriter Elsie Fox and novelist Paul Hervey Fox. She was given up for adoption as an infant and was passed among various relatives and friends. In her 2001 memoir Borrowed Finery, Fox recalled that at her first meeting with her mother, at age five, "I sensed that if she could have hidden the act she would have killed me." Not long after, another visit with Paul and Elsie ended when her mother threw a glass at her.
[edit] Through adulthood
A teenage marriage produced a daughter, Linda, in 1943. However, given the tumultuous relationship with her own biological parents, she gave the child up for adoption. Fox later attended Columbia University, remarried, and after raising two more children, began writing.
The daughter Fox gave up for adoption, Linda Carroll, is the mother of controversial musician Courtney Love; Fox is therefore Love's biological maternal grandmother.
[edit] Her works
She published her first book in 1966. She is the author of six autobiographical novels, sixteen children's books, and one memoir.
The Slave Dancer is a children's book published in 1973. It received the Newbery Medal in 1974.
